We are a $700 tech conference... that is actually $49, and we donate 100% of all ticket sales to charity! Our whole approach to conferences and the conference experience is just VERY different because our mission is different. 125 Speakers this year! This is YOUR Community!

On Day 50 of #100DaysOfCode I went to my first tech conference. ⚡️ @CommitYourCode, a conference that raised money for St. Jude, Operation Kindness, freeCodeCamp, and the community. ♥️ It was an experience I will never forget. Meeting legends, people I looked up to, online

Tried to get a picture of my @CommitYourCode shirt and realized I was dressed like Smokey 😂😂

Mr. Bezos, Mr. Sundar Pichai. This is the API Key Blues. Don't make this mistake, Software Developers!

Part 2 of me asking devs at @CommitYourCode what they would do instead. @TasonJorres, remember me when your commercial blows up. 🔗: https://t.co/RKsmOcOBOe

Building in public, because transparency is a core part of The Commit Your Code Conference community. We grew 300% in attendee size from CYC24 to CYC25. NOW, make sure you are ready to see these numbers because I had to sit down when I read them lol. Thread for details ⬇️

Venue is 99.9% confirmed for CYC26! Many of y'all requested healthier snacks (yes, I actually read the feedback forms lol). Budget was the constraint, BUT I am confirming, Healthier snacks will be available! Lunches will be elevated in a big way! 👀 Ticket price WILL NOT change

Y'all... I MIGHT have the venue figured out for CYC26 👀 If we do it, think we will get 1,000 software developers in person and more online? 🤔

I've seen posts that say "DevRel IS BACK!" Where my thought really was "It's always been here but people are trying to find out what make it very effective". Please respect responses. This could be a valuable pool of data for DevRel. In YOUR opinion, what is effective DevRel?

. @torcdotdev vlog is backkkk!!! this one is special. it highlights our time in dallas for @CommitYourCode. shout out to our ambassadors and community who showed up to our private dinner. what we are building is special. also shout out to @DThompsonDev for a heck of a conference!

I've been building EventConvo, a platform to find events and conferences that you can attend but MORE IMPORTANTLY it solves a lot of problems for Meetup Organizers, Conference Organizers, Speakers AND Just regular folks going to meetups! I love how much progress has been made

I promise I wasn’t talking to myself 🤣 Had an awesome convo with Susana Armas whom I met at @CommitYourCode. We shared our experiences, anecdotes growing up in a hispanic home, and yes red haired Shakira is the best version of her 😎

If you aren’t in the Commit Your Code discord, you’re missing out. @DThompsonDev brought us to gem city with his talk today.

Friday morning hanging out in the #CYC discord with the crew and @DThompsonDev as he drops gems and strategies while answering questions 💎🔥

Dad made it to CYC and LOVED it. Now he knows my job is real and I’m not just racking up Delta SkyMiles 😂 But for real, my heart is so happy that he was able to see me in my element after I watched his soar in his 💜 Thanks @CommitYourCode for being his first tech conference!

If you attended my talk @CommitYourCode either virtually or in person, I would love it if you can provide feedback by going to the CYC website searching for my talk on Building Accessible Components and leaving your feedback there. #cyc25

Coming back to reality from Commit Your Code 2025 and feeling energized. It was a reunion with friends I don't hang out with in person much and of course I made so many new ones. The CYC vision and mission align perfectly with my purpose: breaking barriers and helping people

Had the best 1:1 with @camperry21 this week after meeting at CYC. I’m feeling inspired to buildddd🔥🔥

Totally also caught up with @johnsbr99 after CYC..! Chatting all things code, what he did volunteering 🔥, our experiences, @torcdotdev mentorship program 🚀, and the drive and struggles to push learning how to code. Step by step and coding ..!

New headshot from CYC. I figured it was time to be seen!

Planning out where the team is going to be in 2026, and I'm curious... what are your favorite tech conferences (big and small)?